Al-Thawra Net
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen prevented a UN flight carrying aid agency staff from traveling to the Houthi-controled capital Sanaa on Tuesday because three international journalists were also aboard, aviation sources said.
Aviation sources said the flight was prevented from taking off from Djibouti to Sanaa because three BBC journalists were on it.
A United Nations spokesman confirmed the report
US-based humanitarian agency CARE International said its Secretary-General Wolfgang Jamann was scheduled to fly to Sanaa for a first-hand look at a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly 1,800 people since April.
“This is the only way in and out of Sanaa,” said Wael Ibrahim, CARE country director in Yemen said.
The impoverished Arab country has been devastated by the war, which has killed more than 10,000 people and displaced more than 3 million.
“The lack of coverage is also hindering humanitarians’ effort to draw the attention of the international community and donors to the humanitarian catastrophe the country is experiencing,” Ben Lassoued said.
